Ruby Andrews (Dave’s daughter - helped look after Peoples Coffee roastery while Matt was away in 2005) took us through a creative inquiry (aka art therapy). She's currently using this process with a group of school principals. This was a really great process, described over on her Kush Consulting website:
Finding ways to externalise experiences by giving them form and together making sense of what we see. At Kush we believe that the client has the answers and that they are embodied within their senses and need only to be drawn out, given qualities and form so they can be the truth tellers.
In two hours we progressed through at least ten steps. It involved individual and collaborative art, creating a representative object, journaling and talking in small groups. Ruby kept the direction secret, so all we knew was the next step, which was a little unnerving as we didn't know how what we were creating, fit in to the next part.
It ended up being quite an amazing approach for getting us connecting with our creative/emotional side. Perhaps the fact we're away from our normal context, responsibilities and hang ups helps as well. At the very end, some how, (it seemed like an accident but Ruby knew what she was doing!) we condensed all our efforts down to a few words that resonated. Once we had our words, turning them in to a poem was a whole lot easier than I expected!
My poem:
This process is like black magic,
Solidarity for loss of identity.
Where did that come from?
Where will it go to?
Guidance, alongside, leading to a sense of belonging.
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